Thursday, January 13, 2011

1. The Social Network 2. The Eclipse (Twilight Series)
3. Eat Pray Love 4. Alice and Wonderland
5. Dear John 6. Tangled
7. Harry Potter 8. Shutter's Island
9. Last Song 10. Color Girls

The Social Network- was inspired by entrepreneur and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg.
The Eclipse- was orginally a popular book among young adults and teens that was inspired into a movie.
Eat Pray Love- a book made into a movie.
Alice and Wonderland- a remake of a popular children's film.
Dear John- a sappy love romantic book that tells the tale of a woman who falls in love with a army Sargent shortly before 9/11. This book was made into a movie.
Tangled- a children's book or tale about a princess who was trapped in the tower for years until her prince came to save her. Although Tangle is a little different from the original story, the movie storyline is based off of the popular kid's novel.
Harry Potter- Popular kid's book that was made into a series of movies.
Shutter's Island- based off of a novel.
Last Song- book was released last year however the movie rights were sold before book was written.
Color Girls- based off of a book.

From the results, most popular books are made into movies. Some of the books I have not heard of, however film makers continue to use its storyline in order to make the film. Some of the movies I listed above, did not even have a book or novel. Ex: The Social Network was a movie based off of Mark Zuckerberg's copyright struggles of Facebook. This shows me that if you have an interesting life story, that it guarantees the chances of it being made into a movie. I believe that books that are made into movies increases the chances of people reading the actual book if someone told them that the book was better than the movie. That would spark their curiosity and make them purchase the book. Also, I think that books that are eventually made into movies, are a great for the publishers because it's a form of advertisement. If someone has never heard of an authors book, but they watch the movie it can motivate them to get the book and read it for themselves.

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